Societies Beyond Oil: Oil Dregs and Social Futures

by John Urry

Book Overview

What would a de-carbonised society be like? What are the implications of a general de-globalisation for our social futures? How will our high-carbon patterns of life be restructured in a de-energized world?

As global society gradually wakes up to the new reality of peak oil, these questions remain unanswered. For the last hundred years oil made the world go round, and as we move into the century of 'tough oil' this book examines some profound...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780321686
• ISBN13: 9781780321684
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"